what

Nan or nani asks what. It is read nan before desu and before counters, and nani before most particles. Question sentences keep normal word order and end in ka.

Examples

• これは何なんですか。

  Kore wa nan desu ka.

  What is this?

• 何なんを食たべますか。

  Nani o tabemasu ka.

  What will you eat?

Vocabulary in these examples

• これ this
• 何 what
• 食べる to eat

Related patterns · Question words

• だれ / どなた who
• どこ where
• いつ when
• いくら how much (price)
• どう / いかが how; how about
• どうして / なぜ why